Monitor team sharing activity

If you’re the team admin or user management admin of a Dropbox Business team, you can track how data is shared inside and outside your company. Dropbox records all internal and external sharing actions, including shared folder creation, shared link creation, sharing of Paper docs, and changes made to shared folder and shared link permissions.

View sharing activity

On the Activity page, sharing events appear along with other types of events. To filter for sharing events only, select Sharing from the drop-down menu.

The Activity page shows a summary of the team’s most recent activity. It does not show all actions taken by your team. You can generate a full activity report from a specific period by clicking on Create full report on the Activity tab. You can also view the recent sharing activity for a specific team member by clicking Members in the sidebar on the left, then clicking on the member’s name in the list.

What if an unknown person joins a shared folder?

If an unknown person joins a shared folder, Admins will be able to see this and also see who sent the invite from the Activity tab.

An admin changes the general sharing permissions for shared links in the Admin Console

Someone opens or saves files from a link shared by a team member

File requests events are recorded when:

A team member creates a file request

A team member receives an uploaded file to a file request

Paper sharing events are recorded when:

A Paper doc or folder is shared or unshared with a team member

A team-owned Paper doc or folder is shared or unshared with a person not on the team

A team member views Paper doc

A person not on the team views a Paper doc

A team member is mentioned in a Paper doc

A person not on the team is mentioned in a team-owned Paper doc

The Paper doc default sharing setting changes

Permissions are changed for a member of a Paper doc

Paper doc access is requested by a team member or a person not on the team

Opening a link or adding files to a Dropbox account are only reported in the full activity report. An event will be recorded whether a team member or non-team member opens or adds the link to their Dropbox.

The sharing audit log does not track when a member leaves or adds a shared folder, because that member still has access to the folder and can add it at any time.

View sharing activity in the admin dashboard

If you'd like to get a high-level picture of your team's sharing activity over time, check out the admin dashboard. It provides overall usage stats, such as the number of shared links created and the number of active shared folders. Learn more about the admin dashboard.